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Regional anaesthesia: Difference between revisions

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** Infiltration anaesthesia
** Infiltration anaesthesia
** Topical anaesthesia
** Topical anaesthesia
 
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== Indications ==
[[Category:Anaesthesiology]]
Regional anaesthesia is preferable in:
[[Category:General surgery]]
 
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* [[Surgical oncology]]
* Orthopaedic/traumatological surgery
* [[C-section]]
* Lower limb revascularisation
* [[Obesity|Obese patients]]
* Elderly patients (prevents post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)
* Paediatric surgery (in addition to [[general anaesthesia]])
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[[Category:General surgery]]</noinclude>